Is Routine Omentectomy a Necessary Component of Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC?

Speaking of SurgOnc - A podcast by Annals of Surgical Oncology and Society of Surgical Oncology

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Rick Greene, MD, discusses with Joel Baumgartner, MD, the rate of occult omental metastases in patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery-HIPEC for peritoneal surface malignancy. Dr. Baumgartner is author of, “Is Routine Omentectomy a Necessary Component of Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC?” Dr. Baumgartner is Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, UC San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA. http://doi.org/10.1245/S10434-022-12714-7

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